European Commission : MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT
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Assessing the fitness to drive
Education/training
Infrastructural measures
Vehicle design and vehicle safety
What can be done about it?
ADAS
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) can provide personal assistance in a road environment that cannot always take into account... [Lire la suite]

Connected & autonomous vehicles will improve quality of life for 6 in 10 people with limited mobility, finds new study
Six in 10 people say connected and autonomous vehicles will improve their quality of life, finds new study.
Stress-free driving seen as the biggest benefit, with cars that brake and park themselves top attractions.
Half of young people would use a connected and autonomous car today if they could.
Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will transform the lives of six out of every 10 people in the UK,... [Lire la suite]

Human Factors in Automated Driving
Automated driving will fundamentally change road transportation. But the role of humans and human-system interaction need to be clearly established to ensure a smooth ride.
Automated driving technology has the potential to fundamentally change road transportation and improve quality of life. If set on the right track, automated vehicles (AVs) could reduce accidents caused by human errors, increase traffic flow efficiency, increase comfort by allowing the driver to perform... [Lire la suite]

The deployment of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in Europe
Road transport is an essential service in society, but the burden of traffic crashes and Pollution is immense. European data show that road accidents in the EU countries cause about 250,000 seriously injured people every year, with 28,000 fatalities in 2012 (Kearns & Kidd, 2013). US data in addition, illustrate that automobile crashes led to 34,080 fatalities in 2012 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2013), where about 90% of the cases were... [Lire la suite]

Uber’s self-driving trucks are now delivering freight in Arizona
Uber’s big push to dominate the trucking industry took a leap forward today with the announcement that the ride-hailing giant is now operating its fleet of self-driving trucks on its freight-hauling app. The shipments are taking place in Arizona, where the ride-hailing giant is also testing out its robot taxis. Uber said it is using a transfer hub model, in which the trucks drive autonomously on the highway and human drivers take over for the last miles.
By... [Lire la suite]

Self-driving, 416-ton trucks are hauling raw materials around Australia
Self-driving trucks have begun to hit the roads in the United States, but they’re already hard at work in Australia.
British mining company Rio Tinto has 73 autonomous behemoths transporting iron ore 24 hours a day in West Angelas, Australia, across four job sites, according to MIT Tech Review. The autonomous fleet is roughly 15% cheaper than one with human drivers.
The trucks, made by Japanese manufacturer Komatsu, weigh... [Lire la suite]

Pentagon: Military will have self-driving vehicles before public
The US Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Michael Griffin, has told Capitol Hill lawmakers that the Pentagon will reap the benefits of self-driving vehicles before the public does.
And, according to Griffin, that time can’t come soon enough.
While many armed forces are experimenting with driverless tanks (such as the RoBattle, pictured above) and pilotless fighter planes, Griffin explained that more than half of casualties in combat zones... [Lire la suite]

South Korean government promotes autonomous vehicles
The South Korean government held a test-drive event in southern Seoul on 17 June to give the general public first-hand experience of autonomous vehicles and to see the technologies at work, reports the Yonhap News Agency. The South Korean government's Transport Minister Kim Hyun-mee and citizens who applied for the event tested self-driving vehicles. The vehicles could recognise nearby cars or passersby on the road and take necessary steps to avoid collision.
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NEXYAD, SHERPA, and MOVEO at the PEDAGOGIC CHAIR ON INTELLIGENT VEHICLE WITH INSA ROUEN
MOV'EO presented the Groupement ADAS to Master II and PhD students of INSA ROUEN (Pedagocil Chiar that bonds Groupement ADAS and INSA ROUEN).
NEXYAD presented the story of professors, researchers, and research engineers who decided to set up a company (NEXYAD) and the result : 3 AI software components for artificial perception and 1 AI (XAI) software component for real time driving risk assessment.
SHERPA presented their experience on System... [Lire la suite]

Groupement ADAS is a Team of innovative companies with over 20 years experience in the field of technologies used in assistance driver systems (design, implementation and integration of ADAS in vehicles for safety features, driver assistance, partial delegation to the autonomous vehicle).